{"rewrite":{"id":"r_aab5459fa8a5f57266a1ad65","clusterId":"c_7dae25fe711bd20639c0ee2a","slug":"nvidia-confirms-12-9-billion-acquisition-of-hugging-face","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"NVIDIA Confirms $12.9 Billion Acquisition of Hugging Face","summary":"NVIDIA formally announced on September 3, 2026 that it has acquired Hugging Face for $12.9303 billion, about 2 trillion yen. Hugging Face, the platform called the AI version of GitHub, hosts AI models and code and runs services like ZeroGPU. Reports of the deal first surfaced August 26. Both CEOs publicly committed to keeping the platform open and independent of NVIDIA's compute resources.","whyItMatters":"NVIDIA, the largest publisher of open models and datasets on Hugging Face, now owns the platform, and both companies have publicly committed to keeping it open and independent of NVIDIA's own compute.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNVIDIA said developers will keep the freedom to choose models, frameworks, cloud providers, and inference services, and that its own computing is not required to develop or deploy on Hugging Face. Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue said NVIDIA promised to support the company\u0026#39;s mission, and that the platform will keep its openness and independence, will not depend on NVIDIA compute resources, and that founders and the full team will remain.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJensen Huang framed the deal around open models, saying they benefit safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and adoption, and enable sovereignty. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he looks forward to growing the open model ecosystem with NVIDIA and Hugging Face, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai noted Google is an investor in Hugging Face and will remain a partner.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"NVIDIA made its $12.9 billion purchase of Hugging Face official on September 3. Both CEOs say the platform stays open and independent of NVIDIA compute. Reports of the deal first surfaced August 26.","twitterPost":"NVIDIA confirmed its $12.9B acquisition of Hugging Face. Both companies say the platform stays open and independent of NVIDIA compute. Jensen Huang and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue both made that commitment public.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"NVIDIA formally announced its $12.9303 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, the platform known as the AI version of GitHub. Both companies committed to keeping the platform open and independent of NVIDIA's compute resources, with Hugging Face's CEO saying the founders and full team will remain.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20260904-nvidia-acquire-hugging-face/\",\"title\":\"NVIDIAがHugging Faceを2兆円超えで買収したことを正式発表\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5253,"outputTokens":2004,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":null,"createdAt":"2026-09-04T02:30:14.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T02:31:40.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T02:31:40.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7dae25fe711bd20639c0ee2a","canonicalTitle":"NVIDIAがHugging Faceを2兆円超えで買収したことを正式発表","representativeArticleId":"a_e95e0fe92e0085d539db5a3c","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-04T01:44:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-04T03:20:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T03:24:02.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/432/4432325/?rss","title":"NVIDIA、Hugging Faceを129億ドル（約2兆円）で買収　買収額に絵文字🤗を仕込む"},{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20260904-nvidia-acquire-hugging-face/","title":"NVIDIAがHugging Faceを2兆円超えで買収したことを正式発表"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}